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It is a bill that Senate Republicans can pass without a single Democratic vote. And yet Republicans are having difficulty unifying around legislation to carry out two top GOP priorities: defunding Planned Parenthood and repealing part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. (Peterson, 11/12)

Moderate Senate Republicans are voicing new opposition to a conservative-backed plan to defund Planned Parenthood — a move that could imperil the GOP’s long-cherished goal of sending an Obamacare repeal to the president’s desk. Several GOP moderates were hoping the Senate parliamentarian would help them avoid a tough election-year vote on the Planned Parenthood provisions by forcing Republican leaders to remove the defunding language from a broader House-passed bill that also dismantles Obamacare. (Haberkorn and Kim, 11/12)

Senate Republicans are divided over how far to go with an ObamaCare repeal bill that they plan to send to the president’s desk by year’s end. Senate GOP leaders have told their members they will repeal as much of the 2010 healthcare reform law as possible, but some Republicans are balking at a proposal to repeal the expansion of Medicaid. (Bolton, 11/12)